<h1>Obsess, <br>Investigate, <br> Make a Zine!</h1>
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<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-000.gif"/>
<figcaption>A guest lecture for Nikka Singh's class
<strong>Punk Pedagogy and Publishing</strong>
at the University of Iowa</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<p>
<strong>Overview of Obsess, Investigate, Make a Zine!</strong>
→ OBSESS: My Publishing History
→ INVESTIGATE: Questions
→ MAKE A ZINE: Workshop
</p>
<hr />
Next:
[[My Publishing History]]<h2>Self-Publishing
Year One
</h2>
<p>
<strong>2023</strong>
→ bought a printer
→ self-published five zines
→ <strong>My Mostly Midwest Zine Tour</strong>
→ in November, begin designing <strong>Chrysanthemum Under the Waves</strong>, my first self-published graphic novel
</p>
<div class="gallery">
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<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-pretzel-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/pretzel" target="blank">PRETZEL</a>, 2023<br>Maggie Umber</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-jonesy-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/jonesy" target="blank">Jonesy</a>, 2023<br>Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/blog/2023-04-22-tour-stop-2-print-and-resist.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/jonesy" target="blank">Madison Print and Resist</a>, 2023<br>Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-bunworld-1-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/bunworld-1" target="blank">Bunworld 1</a>, 2023<br>Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-we-are-hungry-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/we-are-hungry" target="blank">WE ARE HUNGRY</a>, 2023<br>Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-chrysanthemum-the-storyboards-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/chrysanthemum-the-storyboards" target="blank">Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards</a>, 2023<br>Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<hr />
Next:
Self-Publishing
[[Year Two]]<h2>My Publishing History
*Obsess*</h2>
<p>
My singular obsession in life
BOOKS
</p>
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<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-001.jpg"/>
<figcaption>Maggie Umber
7 months old</figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-002.jpg"/>
<figcaption>Yes, I'm
already obsessed with books</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<p>Preschool through high school years,
I made picture books and wrote novels</p>
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<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-003.jpg"/>
<figcaption>spread from <strong>It's Treasure</strong>
Maggie Umber, pre-school or kindergarten? </figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-004.jpg"/>
<figcaption>spread from <strong>The Moon Diamond</strong>
Maggie Umber, 11-12 years old </figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<p>High school through college,
I trained in monotype and intaglio printmaking</p>
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<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-007.jpg"/>
<figcaption>PCAE yearbook, <strong>Tough Chicks Rule the Studio</strong>
Maggie Umber, 18 years old </figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-008.jpg"/>
<figcaption>monotype print, <strong>Karen's Horse</strong>
Maggie Umber, 18 years old </figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-009.jpg"/>
<figcaption>etching press
Hamline University</figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-010.jpg"/>
<figcaption>etching, <strong>The Little Man</strong>
Maggie Umber, 20 years old </figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<hr />
Next:
Co-founding
a Publishing
[[Company]]<h2>Co-founding <br>a Publishing <br>Company</h2>
<p>
<strong>fall 2007 - Jan 2023</strong>
For fifteen years
I helped run a small press comics publishing company
</p>
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<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-011.JPG"/>
<figcaption><strong>Gulag Casual</strong> by Austin English
<strong>Mirror Mirror 1</strong> anthology</figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-012.JPG"/>
<figcaption>Maggie reading
<strong>Sec</strong> by Margot Ferrick</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<p>
We published a lot of other people's books
I also made my own
</p>
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<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-013.jpg"/>
<figcaption><strong>Good Minnesotan issue 1</strong>, 2007
Maggie Umber cover and interior design</figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-014.jpg"/>
<figcaption><strong>Fall Con</strong>, 2007
Maggie Umber</figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-015.jpg"/>
<figcaption><strong>Yard Work</strong>, 2008
Maggie Umber
always look at the proof</figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-016.jpg"/>
<figcaption><strong>Good Minnesotan 3</strong>, 2008
Sound of Snow Falling 8 pager
first book with barcode and spine
</figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-017.jpg"/>
<figcaption><strong>Manny + Bigfoot</strong>, 2009
Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-startled-maggie-issue-one-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/startled-maggie-1" target="blank">Startled Maggie</a>, 2012
Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-time-capsule-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/time-capsule" target="blank">Time Capsule</a>, 2015
Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-sound-of-snow-falling-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/sound-of-snow-falling" target="blank">Sound of Snow Falling</a>, 2017
Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-300"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-270-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/270" target="blank">270°</a>, 2018
Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
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<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-800"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-018.JPG"/>
<figcaption>Maggie in the office
mid-30s</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<hr />
Next:
Self-Publishing
[[Year One]]<h2>Self-Publishing
Year Two</h2>
<p>
<strong>2024</strong>
→ January-May designed <strong>Chrysanthemum Under the Waves</strong>
→ worked with an offset printer by myself for the first time
→ October 22, self-published my graphic novel <strong>Chrysanthemum Under the Waves</strong>
→ <strong>The Less is More Zine Tour</strong>
</p>
<p>
2016-2021,
I created nine comics inspired by Shirley Jackson
and the seventeenth century ballad figure James Harris
</p>
<div class="gallery">
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-chrysanthemum-under-the-waves-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/chrysanthemum-under-the-waves" target="blank">Chrysanthemum Under the Waves</a>, 2024
Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<p>
<strong>Timeline for printing</strong>
→ May 28: files received at PrintNinja
→ May 29: electronic proof 1
→ May 31: electronic proof 2
→ June 3: electronic proof 3, approved
</p>
<div class="gallery">
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-019.jpg"/>
<figcaption>electronic proof 1
back and front covers
5/29/24</figcaption>
</figure>
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<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-020.jpg"/>
<figcaption>electronic proof 3
back and front covers
6/3/24</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-800"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-021.jpg"/>
<figcaption>electronic proof 3
pages 49 and 50
6/3/24</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<p>
→ June 11: hard proof press sheet arrived, approved
</p>
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<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-022.jpg"/>
<figcaption>hard proof press sheet
6/11/24</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-023.jpg"/>
<figcaption>detail
6/11/24</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<p>
→ June 12: printing started
→ July 8: printing wrapped up
→ July 10: Large Order Production Sample arrived, approved
</p>
<div class="gallery">
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/blog/2024-07-16-cutw-production-sample-1.jpg"/>
<figcaption>large order production sample
7/10/24</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/blog/2024-07-16-cutw-production-sample-4.jpg"/>
<figcaption>large order production sample
7/10/24</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<p>
→ Aug 18: ready to ship
→ Aug 28: full order from Shenzhen, China arrives
</p>
<div class="gallery">
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-024.jpg"/>
<figcaption>two pallets arrive
8/28/2025</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-025.jpg"/>
<figcaption>Maggie breaking down pallets
8/28/25</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-026.jpg"/>
<figcaption>opening the boxes
back cover</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-027.jpg"/>
<figcaption>opening the boxes
front cover</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<div class="gallery">
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-500"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-chrysanthemum-under-the-waves-01.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/chrysanthemum-under-the-waves" target="blank">Chrysanthemum Under the Waves</a>, 2024
Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<hr />
Next:
Self-Publishing
[[Year Three]]<h2>Self-Publishing
Year Three</h2>
<p>
<strong>2025</strong>
→ <strong>My Millions of Minis Zine Tour</strong>
→ continued promotion of <strong>Chrysanthemum Under the Waves</strong>
→ self-published four zines
→ bought a second printer,
so I can print on two printers at once to reduce printing time
</p>
<div class="gallery">
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-bunworld-2-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/bunworld-2" target="blank">Bunworld 2</a>, 2025
Maggie Umber</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-so-many-ways-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/so-many-ways" target="blank">So Many Ways</a>, 2025
Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-strange-star-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/strange-star" target="blank">Strange Star</a>, 2025
Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-pit-bull-eyes-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><a href="https://maggieumber.com/pit-bull-eyes" target="blank">Pit Bull Eyes</a>, 2025
Maggie Umber </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-600"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-028.jpg"/>
<figcaption>4/19/2025
Maggie tabling
Milwaukee Zine Fest</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<hr />
Next:
[[Workshop]]<h2>Workshop
*Make a Zine!*</h2>
<p>
<strong>Tools that are somewhat interchangeable</strong>
→ Thumbnails
→ Storyboards
→ Dummy
→ Zine
</p>
<div class="gallery">
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-800"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-034.jpg"/>
<figcaption><strong>thumbnails</strong>
small storyboards</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-800"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-031.jpg"/>
<figcaption><strong>storyboards</strong>
larger than thumbnails</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-000.gif"/>
<figcaption><strong>dummy</strong>
blank book where you build your layout</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-pretzel-cover.jpg"/>
<figcaption><strong>zine</strong>
short for magazine, self-published pamphlet</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<hr />
Next:
Making
Blank
[[Books]]<h2>Making
Blank
Books</h2>
<p>
Let's make two blank books!
</p>
<div class="gallery">
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-059.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Grab two sheets of paper</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-060.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Fold each paper in half once
→ Cut or tear each paper in half along the fold</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-061.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Divide the four papers into two piles</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-062.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Fold each pile once so it's a book
(One book is a dummy, the other is a zine)</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<p>
Make the dummy!
</p>
<div class="gallery">
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-063.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Grab one of the books
→ Write FRONT COVER on the front
→ Write BACK COVER on the back</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-064.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Number the inside,
starting and ending with the inner covers
→ You should have 6 pages</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<hr />
Next:
Thumbnails
into a
[[Zine]]<h2>Thumbnails
into a
Zine</h2>
<p>Let's make thumbnails!
</p>
<div class="gallery">
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-065.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Grab a new sheet of paper</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-066.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Draw 6 rectangles of a similar size
spaced out across the paper</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-067.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Assign a page number 1 to 6
to each of the rectangles</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-068.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Turn each rectangle into a
grid of 4 panels each</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-069.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Write three letters or a three-lettered word
at the top of each grid</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-071.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Use the letters to make four drawings
one in each panel</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-800"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-070.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Detail of page 1 grid</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-072.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Pick your favorite drawing from each grid
Draw it on the corresponding page in your zine</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-073.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Top is your zine
Bottom is your dummy</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-074.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Finish your final two pages</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-400"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-075.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Draw your front cover
Invent a title, put your name, or don't</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="gallery-item">
<img class="thumbnail-800"
src="https://maggieumber.github.io/obsess-investigate-make-a-zine/assets/img/maggie-umber-obsess-investigate-make-a-zine-076.jpg"/>
<figcaption>→ Draw your back cover
Sum up the contents of your zine</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<p>
<strong>Marketing</strong>
→ Staple your zine
→ Trade it with someone if you want!
→ Make several versions and see which one you like best
</p>